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Host Tom Temin brings you the latest news affecting the federal community each weekday morning, featuring interviews with top government executives and contractors. Listen live from 6 to 9 a.m. or download archived interviews below.

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Last month, the White House released a new national strategy for information sharing and safeguarding. In the preface, President Barack Obama says agencies are sharing and cooperating like never before. But he says, they can do better. And, at the same time, he voices concerns about leaks that can damage national security. The strategy, he says, aims to strike a balance.

In general, we might not like red tape. But for government contractors, a boom in new regulations is creating new business opportunities. Bloomberg Government analyst Brian Friel has crunched the numbers. He's found that the government spent, on average, about $10 billion in each of the last two fiscal years hiring contractors for work related to the new rules, and, there's more work to be had.

The saying goes, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." The Postal Service has lost billions of dollars in the digital age, as more people turn to email and online shopping. But the agency's inspector general says it should embrace the Internet. Charles Crum, director of the office of the Postal Service Inspector General, discusses his plan for turning the Postal Service into an e-government hub and helping USPS along with the rest of government.

Whether it's an FBI agent who detains a Somali pirate or a Coast Guard cutter calling out to a Chinese fisherman, federal employees stationed abroad need a little help saying hello. More and more, they're turning to a special corps of volunteers organized by the Pentagon. It started out as a pilot program and became permanent when President Barack Obama signed the defense authorization law earlier this month. Michael Nugent oversees the National Language Service Corps as part of his role as director of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office.

To learn how to volunteeer at the National Language Service Corps, click here.